[Taxacom] Species-level homonyms - between/within codes

[Tony.Rees at csiro.au]

Hi all,

Actually on re-reading Art. 57.8.1   I see the zooogical Code does not actually say that homonymy between identically spelled but different genus + species combinations does not exist, merely that it should be "disregarded" i.e. my reading is that it does not require to be addessed with a name change at the epithet level. So perhaps it is OK to call them homonyms after all?

Regards (or possibly disregards?) - Tony

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Van: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu namens Richard Jensen
Verzonden: di 9-11-2010 14:54

> In Paul's note below, I assume the two genera named Aricia must
> minimally belong to different families.  Or, would two different
> subfamilies be sufficient?

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I assume that in practice there will only be lots of such cases
(specific names with the same spelling combined with generic names
with the same spelling) in quite unrelated groups (the workers on
such groups being unaware of each other's efforts), but there
appears to be no such requirement:

   "57.8.1. Homonymy between identical species-group names in
    combination (originally or subsequently) with homonymous
    generic names having the same spelling but established for
    different nominal genera [Art. 53.2] is to be disregarded."

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted-sites/iczn/code/index.jsp?article=57&nfv=#8
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